2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,007,550
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,247,700
Entries
1,082
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Ladies No Good for the Lady

Lucille Cailly
Lucille Cailly

Our access to the feature table is a bit restricted, but we do know that Lucille Cailly and Ole Schemion just played a big pot.

From what we could piece together, John Juanda had opened and Cailly three-bet. We're not sure if Schemion put in a reraise or just flatted from the cutoff, but we do know Piazuelo made it 299,000 to go from the button. Juanda quickly got out of the way, Cailly moved all in, Schemion moved all in over the top, and Piazuela got out of the way.

Showdown
Cailly: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Schemion: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

Cailly got her stack of around 1 million in good, but she was in a quintessential race. Cailly was looking to have as much success as she did when she finished as runner-up of the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final, but the {A-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} flop had other plans as it gave Schemion the lead by pairing his ace.

Cailly remained stoic as the {5-Clubs} was put out on the turn followed by the {9-Clubs} on the river. Cailly exited the tournament in 21st place for €29,400.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
3,000,000 1,429,000
Lucille Cailly fr
Lucille Cailly
Busted

Tags: Javier PiazueloJohn JuandaLucille CaillyOle Schemion

Double Dreams Over For Romanello

Roberto Romanello - 22nd Place
Roberto Romanello - 22nd Place

That's it. There will be no double European Poker Tour champion crowned in Barcelona after the exit of Roberto Romanello.

He was down to 412,000 when he shoved with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}, and he found custom from Aku Joentausta with {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

The board ran {a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} to pair the Finn's ace.

Player Chips Progress
Aku Joentausta fi
Aku Joentausta
1,500,000 485,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Aku JoentaustaRoberto Romanello

The Race to the Final Table

Samuel Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez

Welcome back to the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, brought to you from the Casino Barcelona.

We raced to 24 players yesterday, and today's aim is to make our final table of eight. It'll take longer than yesterday, most probably, as there is so much more at stake.

Runaway chip leader is Spanish player Samuel Rodriguez on a massive 5,330,000, which is more than two million head of second placed Jonathan Karamalikis, who is many people's favourite for the title.

Team PokerStars SportsStar Fatima Moreira de Melo is still representing her sponsors well, and lest us not forget Roberto Romanello who is the only remaining EPT champion.

Play, as ever, is due to get under way at 12:00 PM CET. Join us back here then.